PUERTO PRINCESA CITY: The Palawan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) reported Monday that around 400 individuals were evacuated from their homes in Rizal in the southern part of the province due to floods caused by tropical storm Egay.The evacuated residents, who are from barangays Culasian and Candawaga in Rizal town, were temporarily brought to the gymnasium of Barangay Ransang.

Their homes remain inundated by floodwaters Monday, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO) chief Douglas Macanas told the Philippine News Agency (PNA).

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